Definition of Duopoly

1. Noun. (economics) A market situation in which two companies exclusively provide a particular product or service. ¹

2. Noun. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Duopoly

1. the market condition existing when there are two sellers only [n -LIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Duopoly

duologies
duologs
duologue
duologues
duology
duomi
duomo
duomos
duoplural
duoplurals
duopolies
duopolist
duopolistic
duopolistically
duopolists
duopoly (current term)
duopsonies
duopsony
duos
duotensorial
duotensors
duotheism
duotheisms
duotheistic
duotone
duotones
duotrigintillionth
duovirus
dup
dupable

Literary usage of Duopoly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. National Regulation of Inter-state Commerce by Charles Carroll Bonney (1882)
"However, the present Commission policies that limit such combinations—the duopoly, one- to-a-market, and broadcast-cable cross-ownership rules—may be too ..."

2. Privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Desirability and Feasibility by Harold L. Bunce (1997)
"C. Effects of Protected duopoly Position of the GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the two enterprises that have been specifically chartered to act as ..."

3. The Cell Phone: An Anthropology of Communicationby Heather A. Horst, Daniel Miller by Heather A. Horst, Daniel Miller (2006)
"Instead of constantly looking for ways to cut prices, it established a cosy duopoly with C&W so that prices for most services became effectively stable and ..."

4. Selecting Product Development Projects: Pioneering Versus Incremental (1993)
"Thus, the demand captured by a product developed from a Type A (or Type B) project in competition with the rival's differentiated product during the duopoly ..."

5. NATO in the Fifth Decade by Keith Dunn, Stephen Flanagan (1992)
"Meanwhile, the situation is inherently unstable. Militarily, in contrast, there was first the illusion of a possible duopoly between the United ..."

6. The OECD Report on Regulatory Reform by OECD Staff, Joanna R. Shelton (1997)
"1n 1986, 21 OECD countries prohibited competition in cellular mobile telecommunication infrastructure and only four allowed limited competition via duopoly ..."

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